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Created Jul 31, 2011 11:07AM PST • Edited Jul 31, 2011 11:07AM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Good 3.0

   Brandon Lee (Eric Draven) is brought back to life a year after he and his fiancée are brutally murdered. This action film uses the fantasy of reincarnation powered by revenge guided by a crow to get in plenty of action with a martial arts twist as the son of Bruce Lee dons a goth-Joker look and kicks some ass. The acting is so-so, the characters are a little over-done, and the goth fantasy shtick is a little out there, but bottom line, watching the bad guys get theirs is always fun to see.

4. Acting

   OK 2.5

   The acting is nothing to write home about, but Brandon Lee does a reasonable job at the revengeful Eric Draven. Ernie Hudson was an entertaining Sergeant Albrecht

5. Male Stars OK 2.5

6. Female Stars OK 2.5

7. Female Costars OK 2.5

8. Male Costars OK 2.5

10. Film

    Good 3.0

    Apparently Brandon Lee died making this film – an accident with one of the firearms used in the show. The tragedy also claimed the career of the girl Rochelle Davis – who never returned to acting after that – despite a reasonably good job as the victimized friend. This film is the fist in what became a franchise, so the formula works well.

11. Direction Good 3.0

12. Play Good 3.0

13. Music Good 3.0

14. Visuals Good 3.0
15. Content

16. Edge

    Risqué 2.5

17. Sex Titillating 2.5

18. Violence Fierce 2.5

19. Rudeness Salty 2.5

21. Reality

    Supernatural 3.5

22. Circumstantial Supernatural 3.5

23. Biological Supernatural 3.5

24. Physical Supernatural 3.5